dikë
Albanian
Etymology
Unclear, a borrowing from Serbo-Croatian dika (“pride, glory”) has been proposed, but with semantic issues.[1] Alternatively from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *dīkā. Cognate to Lithuanian dykas (“iddle, empty”), Proto-Slavic *dikъ (“wild”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dikë f (plural dika, definite dika, definite plural dikat)
Related terms
References
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “dikë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 85